crabro

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Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Italic *krāzrō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Cognate with Old High German hornaz, hornuz, horniz (“hornet”), Old English hurnitu, hyrnetu (“hornet”). More at hornet. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Noun

crābrō m (genitive crābrōnis); third declension

  1. hornet
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.753–754:
      mīlia crābrōnum coeunt et vertice nūdō
      spīculā dēfīgunt ōraque sīma notant.
      Thousands of hornets unite and thrust their stings into the top of his bald head and mark his snub-nosed face.
      (When Silenus goes looking for honey he is attacked by hornets.)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative crābrō crābrōnēs
Genitive crābrōnis crābrōnum
Dative crābrōnī crābrōnibus
Accusative crābrōnem crābrōnēs
Ablative crābrōne crābrōnibus
Vocative crābrō crābrōnēs

Descendants

Most descendants via crābrōnem (accusative).

References

  • “crabro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “crabro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • crabro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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